Tag: Windows Phone codename “Mango”

NOKIA is bringing another seriously cool competition for Windows Phone developers across the US and Canada with is Ready.Set () {Code} Challenge. Ready.Set () {Code} Challenge Headphones on. Tilt the seat back. Just steady codin’ as the keys get tapped. Get ready, because Nokia Developer is about to turn your town into Dev City with…

Updated for Windows Phone 7.5, formerly known by the codename “Mango”, Windows Phone Stopwatch 5.1 has been Released to Marketplace (RTM) and so I thought I’d give an overview of this latest release and some of the new features. With 100,000 downloads and an average rating of four stars, from over 420 reviews in the…

The Windows Phone “Mango” update process began this morning at around 10:00am PST as the Windows Phone 7.5 becomes available to users around the world and the majority of customers will have an opportunity to update their phones within the next four weeks. Eric Hautala provides more information on this on the Windows Phone Blog,…

We’re all likely familiar with Scott Adams Dilbert cartoon although what you might not have heard about is the fact that Microsoft’s Brandon Watson just challenged Scott Adams to the Windows Phone Challenge. Brandon challenged Scott to give the Windows Phone an honest run and said that if he didn’t prefer the experience to that…

While I’m sure you have already heard the news, Windows Phone “Mango” was Released to Manufacturing this morning and is now on its way to our handset and mobile operator partners to optimize “Mango” for their specific phone and network configurations. You can read more about the RTM announcement in the blog post written by…

Any developer will tell you that debugging applications in production environments presents them with some unique challenges and applications on Windows Phone are no different. With the new version of the AppHub developers portal debugging exceptions occurring within your applications on phones out in the wild just got a little easier. AppHub now allows registered…

Brandon Watson wrote a blog post this morning that should be music to the ears of all Windows Phone developers, announcing the availability of the Windows Phone Developer Tools Beta 2 and also how you can install Windows Phone “Mango” on retail Windows Phones such as the Samsung Focus. Learn more by reading Brandon’s blog…

We’re excited to let you know that we’ve just released an updated version of the Microsoft Advertising SDK for Windows Phone with support for both Silverlight and XNA. We strongly encourage you to download the Advertising SDK June 2011 Update, and start taking advantage of all of the new features and fixes such as: …

From the launch of the new Windows Phone to the award-winning Kinect for Xbox 360 to Windows 7 and Xbox LIVE, Microsoft continues to provide developers with the technologies, tools and services for the world’s best interactive entertainment experiences. Microsoft Gamefest is the place to get the latest information on current technology, hear about upcoming…

Over the Memorial Day weekend I wrote two patriotic applications, the Independence Day application that counts down to our nations birthday, and also the 2012 Election application that counts down to the 2012 Presidential Election. You can download the 2012 Election application from the Windows Phone marketplace today!